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  • Who owns this school?

    Who owns this school?

    It was established 37 years ago by Nigeria and Germany to provide skilled manpower for the steel industry. But the story changed when the German teachers withdrew 20 years ago. Since then, the ownership of the National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI) in Oba, Anambra State, has been enmeshed in controversy. EMMANUEL AHANONU (NYSC Enugu) writes on the school’s challenges.

    Its name does not ring a bell, yet the National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI) is a tertiary institution. Located in Oba, a sleepy town in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, the school, with no fewer than 1,000 students, can arguably be said to be the most quiet campus in the land.

    It was founded in 1978 by the German government to train middle-level technical manpower for the steel industry. The then military Head of State, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, built the school after reaching an agreement with the German government on the provision of equipment and teachers for the training of youths in extraction and purification of metals.

    While NMTI continues to churn out graduates yearly, all seems not to be well with the school. Investigation by CAMPUSLIFE showed that it has been abandoned by its founders – the Nigerian and German governments. With no sustained funding, the school is also grappling with the challenges of recognition of its certificate and academic curricula.

    Last month, students protested against the non-recognition of the school’s Ordinary National Diploma (OND) certificates. The protesters blocked the Onitsha-Owerri Highway, leaving travellers and motorists stranded for hours.

    •The school administrative office
    •The school administrative office

    The protest was ignited by an alleged omission of the institution’s name on its OND certificate. Some students of the school, who applied for Higher National Diploma (HND) at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun, Delta State, were allegedly denied admission because of the omission.

    It was gathered that NMTI issued certificates with the name “National Metallurgical Training Institute Certificate” to some students, while others got certificates bearing “Metallurgical Training Institute”.

    When the dust settled, one of the protesters lay dead – allegedly from police bullet -prompting the school’s closure.

    The victim whose name could not be ascertained at press time was said to be a graduating student. He was allegedly hit by a bullet fired by a policeman attached to the bullion van of a bank in Onitsha.

    It was learnt that the policemen, who were accompanying the bullion van, fired shots to disperse the protesting students. But, the protesters remained on the road, and a policeman allegedly shut at them. The victim was hit in the chest.

    But the institute is disputing the students’ claim that its certificate is not recognised. Its Deputy Director for Consult, Mr Bode Fakuade, told CAMPUSLIFE that the school certificate could not have been rejected by any institution.

    He said most of the students denied admission into HND programmes at the PTI did not meet the requirements. The unsuccessful applicants, he said, completed their OND at NMTI last December and applied for HND in April. This, he said, violated PTI’s admission guideline, which made it compulsory for OND holders to undergo one-year Industrial Training before going for HND programmes.

    He said some NMTI students, who finished two years ago and had completed their compulsory Industrial Training, were admitted at PTI.

    While admitting that the school has its academic challenges, Fakuade said the unrest may have been instigated by some of the unsuccessful applicants under the guise that other institutions are rejecting NMTI’s certificates.

    The management tried to stop the unrest when it got mind of it. The school invited students to a meeting over the matter, but many of them did not turn up.

    Fakuade said: “When we learnt about the protest, we quickly made effort to nip it in the bud. We invited the students for a meeting to make clarification about the omission. But, a few of them showed up. We were looking for alternative platform to reach out to the students when we learnt they had blocked the Onitsha-Owerri Highway in protest.”

    He said the management closed the school to prevent a further break down of law and order.

    Fakuade said: “When the protest broke out, we thought it could be contained by the management. This was why we did not invite the police in the first place. I personally led the school team to plead with the students to leave the highway and meet with the management. They were not ready to listen to us. We got report of a student’s death later. This is why we closed down the school indefinitely.”

    Findings by CAMPUSLIFE showed that NMTI was effectively run until 1995 when things changed following the sanctions against Nigeria for the unjust killing of Niger Delta environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa and eight others by the late Gen. Sani Abacha junta.

    Nigeria’s diplomatic face-off with the European Union then led to the departure of the German teachers at NMTI.

    Following their exit, the school has been battling with academic recognition. Although it is still being run by the Federal Government, students are complaining its ownership remains vague.

    Established as the Metallurgical Training Institute under the repealed National Steel Council Decree of 1978, it was learnt that the  management has been making efforts to reposition the school through a draft bill to the National Assembly for its nationalisation.

    The bill, it was learnt, is still pending at the National Assembly. In anticipation of the National Assembly passing the bill, the management added the “National” to the name of the school.  With the delay in passing the bill, the National attached to the school’s name became controversial, provoking students’ questions on its ownership and recognition of its certificates.

    The school has become covered with weeds when CAMPUSLIFE visited the school last weekend.

    Students appealed to the  government to consider their plight, urging the passage of the bill that would ensure the school’s nationalisation. They also appealed to the management to re-open the school to enable them complete their programmes.

  • Total counsels secondary school pupils on careers

    About a hundred pupils from some public and private secondary schools on Lagos Island left the 3rd Deep Water Open Day Forum organised by Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Deep Water District last Saturday better educated about oil and gas operations, career opportunities, and success tips.

    The programme, which held at Total Tower Staff Canteen, Victoria Island, Lagos, featured various presentations by workers of the company and officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Education and an interactive session that gave the participants an opportunity to ask questions.

    In his speech, the Deputy Managing Director, Lagos District, Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria (TUCN), Mr Musa Ahmadu-Kida, said the programmes was designed to provide the young ones with useful information that can guide their career choices.

    “As part of our company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy to our society and its citizens, the Open Day is designed to be an annual youth development programme organised by the company both in Deep Water and Joint Venture Districts. The objective is to afford students opportunity to plan their future careers by exposing them to industry activities and professionals, said Ahmadu-Kida, who was represented by Mr Olalere Babalola. Executive General Manager, Authorities and Regulatory Agencies.

    On her part, the Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adegbule, represented by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, praised the company for organising the programme, which she described as laudable.

    She counseled the pupils to be attentive and learn from the programme.

    The motivational talk by Mr Louis Ogbeifun, The Manager Tax, was the icing on the cake of a fulfiling day learning about Total’s operations.

    Speaking on the topic, “The Dreams of today are the Realities of Tomorrow”, Ogbeifun encouraged the pupils not to give up on their dreams because they lack the capacity, qualifications or funds but make efforts to address whatever is deficient in their lives.

    He also counseled them to nurture their talents so they could stand out in the crowd.

    “Identify your X-factor – the extra factor you have that gives you an edge.  You must create something in yourself that sets you apart. When I got to military school, I was so slim compared to others. But I decided to find my x-factor. I found I could do well in marathons because I was slim. I was the best marathon runner. I would run and look back and for the last 2km nobody would cross. There was no rival. Find your X-Factor; it will make you in life,” he said.

    Other presentations included: human resources (by Patrick Ucho; CSR (by Mrs Igazuema Okoroba); Field Operations (Mrs Oghenero Ozobeme); Health! Safety and Environment (John Oyelakin) and overview of TEPNG by Mr Babalola.

    Speaking on the benefits of attending the programme, Popoola Basit, an SS1 pupil of Ebute Elefun Senior High School, Sura, Lagos Island, said his experience at the programme would make him more courageous to follow his own goals.

  • Cleric rehabilitates abandoned school

    Cleric rehabilitates abandoned school

    Ikwuorie Comprehensive Secondary School in Ohanku-Ndoki of Ukwa East local government, Abia State was always in a free fall. The fall began over a decade ago. One after the other, the structure of the school started falling apart, beginning with the chairs, then the tables. The chalk boards gave way too, followed by the roofing sheets.

    The deterioration ate in so much that students started sitting on bare floors for classes. Heavens opened up on them effortlessly during raining season. One of them recalled he wrote examinations for over five years in the school under leaking roofs.

    •Portions of the school before the intervention
    •Portions of the school before the intervention

    The physical state of the school affected learning and chased shocked teachers away. Many terrified students also stayed away. As at last term, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) threatened not to conduct final leaving examinations in the school again. This was due to absence of basic facilities for the smooth conduct of the exercise.

    Parents watched helplessly; prominent indigenes and residents looked the other way; the community cried for help. But nobody could stop the school from falling deeper and deeper into oblivion. But all of these changed last Thursday. The hitherto written-off school wore a new look. So were members of the community as well as teachers and schools.

    Everyone was in high spirits during the commissioning of the renovated block of classrooms by a son of the soil, Dr Chibuzor Chinyere. Though based in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Chinyere returned home to give back to his community.

    Principal of the school, Dr (Mrs.) Nnadozie Sophie-Chikwere, who was recently posted to the school, said she was appalled by the state she met it. She said she could not believe that such a school could exist in a community that has produced prominent Nigerians.

    “Our students were studying on bare floor. They wrote examinations with open roof over their heads,” she lamented. “We cried for help but none was forthcoming until God decided to help us this a man himself.”  By renovating the building, she said Chinyere, who is General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has restored hopes to students and teachers alike as well as demonstrate his passion for education.

    Sophie-Chikwere urged the preacher-cum-philanthropist to also intervene in the welfare of staff and provide instructional materials, especially in the area of equipping the science laboratory.

    Chairman of the school’s Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) and board of Governors, Chief Godspower Nwankwo appreciated Chinyere for the gesture, saying it will go a long way in improving education in the community.

    A former Supervisor for education in Ukwa-East council, Hon. Chibuzor- Nwankwo, said Chinyere had succeeded where government failed, saying the provision of books to the students will further inspire them to become future leaders. He said the gesture was timely because WAEC authorities were about delisting the school over non-availability of facilities.

    President of Ndoki Students Union, Comrade Akparanta Emmanuel, thanked the preacher for the donation. He described Apostle Chinyere as an icon of development, human capacity builder and inspiration.

    He appealed to him to revisit the award of scholarship to students from the community. Emmanuel advised Ndoki students to avoid acts of lawlessness that will affect their future and concentrate on their studies.

    He led others executive members of the student body to present an award of excellence to Chinyere for his numerous contributions to uplifting youths from the area.

    Chinyere, in his remark, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work done on the building and pledged to look into the principal’s demand.

    He blamed suspension of the scholarship award on internal wrangling among the students and promised to immediately revisit the scheme.

    Commissioning the three units of classrooms, including the laboratory and the office apartments, Chinyere thanked God for his achievements in life, ministries and the community at large.

    He also donated An Sports Utility Vehicle, Armada Nissan, to the paramount ruler of the area, His Royal Highness, Eze Joshua Okwuonu-Dagbor.

     

  • Ebonyi distributes 4,000 safe school manuals

    Ebonyi State government of Nigeria flagged off distribution of 4,000 Safe School Manuals and training 600 teachers as Safe School Ambassadors last week at the International Conference Centre, Abakaliki.

    Governor David Umahi, who flagged off the distribution, re-stated his commitment to ensure safety and security of teachers, students and pupils in Ebonyi schools.

    The Governor was represented by Chief Itapa Azobu, His Special Adviser on Primary Education while the Commissioner for Education, Prof John Eke, chaired the ceremony.

    The programme also flagged off a training session for Safe School Ambassadors and First Responders – teachers and administrators with knowledge and skills to conduct risk and threat assessment audits of their schools and can formulate and install safe school best practices policies and protocols.

    They were trained to act as first  responders in emergencies before arrival of security and emergency professionals.

    In his keynote address, Regional Director, UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office, Mr. Benoit Sossau,praised the initiative.

    Sossau, who was represented by Ms Ngozi Amenze, UNESCO National Programme Officer for Education, urged other governors to emulate their Ebonyi State counterpart.

    “We applaud the leadership of HE Governor David Nweze Umahi for being the pacesetter in the South-east and for this proactive step in ensuring safety in schools through the Safe School Empowerment Programme,” he said.

    UNESCO also commended Exam Ethics Marshals International for its doggedness in implementing the Safe School Empowerment Project and confirmed readiness of UNESCO to continue to extend a hand of fellowship to the group.

    The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) also applauded the Governor for the initiative against the background that teachers and pupil bear the brunt of attacks on schools.

    Comrade Joseph Nweke, the Chairman of Ebonyi State Wing of NUT said the Union “stands determined to provide unalloyed support for full implementation of the project in the state in the best interest of every school, teacher and student/pupil in Ebonyi.”

    The distribution of Manuals and training will take place in all senatorial zones of the state.

     

  • Old girls party 25 years after school

    Old girls party 25 years after school

    The way old girls of Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Benin City danced last Saturday, it was difficult to believe that they left secondary school 25 years ago.

    The reunion, held at Rodizzio Restaurant and Bar, GRA, Lagos, was attended by more than 40 old girls resident in Lagos, Enugu, Port Harcourt and even London.

    Many of the girls were meeting for the first time since leaving school in 1990.  Though they had all changed physically, they still screamed with teenage excitement at seeing themselves after two decades.

    The programme started with an introduction session, where the girls talked about themselves – marital status, number of children, school attended and course of study, and career path.  The girls also sang old school songs laughed about fun  reminiscences and took photographs according to the houses they belonged to back then (Amina, Emotan, Jaja, Moremi, Eweka and Tinubu). The also ate sumptuous lunch, cut the reunion cakes and burned some calories dancing to oldies and trending Nigerian music on the dance floor.

    President of the group, Mrs Nkem Itanyi, credited the social media platform, Whatsapp, for making the reunion possible in three months.

    She explained that since July, when she created the group, the set has been able to bond and assist one another.  She noted that the reunion, and another one planned for Dubai next year, would give the girls the opportunity to catch up and decide on a project to give back to their alma mater.

    “This is the 25th anniversary of the year we left secondary school and we have never come together as a group.  It is really exciting. We are trying to help ourselves; that is the beginning; after we help ourselves, we’ll now give back to the society.  Our plan is to go to the alma mater first of all to find out what they need,” she said.

    Mrs Itanyi, who teaches at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, said she was grateful she attended the school because of the independence she gained,” she said.

    “Fediben gave me the impetus to succeed.  Then sending your child to a federal school was equivalent to the best private schools available right now.  Our parents gave us a good springboard. Having been there, being independent; having to do a lot of things for yourself, it gave the right springboard to succeed in life.  Even when I went to the university, I was able to give myself individual study; because we were trained to learn; we were trained to have independent studies.  I looked forward to go to class and I was able to come out with a 2.1,” she said.

    Another old girl, Mrs Barbra Osobajo (nee Aluyi) said she cherishes the exposure the school gave her.

    “When you go to a Federal Government school, I would say you get exposure. It gives you the opportunity to interact with different pupils from different class, different views. You know we came from different backgrounds,” she said.

    Mrs Osobajo, who works for Heritage Bank in Port Harcourt, also described seeing her classmates again as emotional.

    “Most of the faces I am seeing here today, I have not seen them in 25 years. When I walked into the hall and I saw most of them I was almost crying. Crying because I was so grateful to God we are alive, we are seeing ourselves I mean we have come so far. It is just God; it was awesome; it was an amazing time,” she said.

    Mrs Leticia Otomewo, another member of the set, said Fediben, as their alma mater is fondly called, taught her to be confident. She urged the Federal Government to reverse the degeneration of the Federal Government Colleges.

    “One thing Federal Benin taught me how to be independent, how to rely on yourself, how to be confident. In fact it was a training ground and earnestly I use to say to myself that my kids will go boarding school because of what I learnt from the school.  But with the way things are in Nigeria presently, a lot of parents are worried and discouraged. I really hope the government can do something  about that because federal schools in those days were a landmark to take your kids to because it made a difference in our lives and it made us into the women we have turned out to be. It was the starting point for moulding us into the women we have become,” she said.

  • School awards scholarship

    Mind Builders School has awarded scholarship to two of pupils admitted in the new academic session 2015/2016.

    In a statement, Principal of Mind Builders High School, Mr Francis Fasuyi, said the awardees, Stephanie Albert and Oluwadamilola Adigun topped the entrance examinations conducted for candidates admitted into JSS1 and SSS1.

    He noted that by awarding the scholarship, the school’s Governing Board believes that it would not only be a morale booster to the pupils, but assist the parents in the financing of their education.

    Mind Builders School commenced operations as a Nursery/Primary School in January 1998 and expanded to start the High School in September 2008.  Since then the school has opened annexes in Omole Phase 1, Ikeja CBD in Alausa and Isheri in Omole Phase II and produced three sets of secondary school graduates.

     

  • Firm inaugurates school infrastructure

    Nigerian Breweries has officially inaugurated the infrastructural facilities it re-constructed at Dedeke Memorial Girls’ Primary School in Surulere, Lagos State, even as Surulere Local government Area also donated stationery to the school.

    According to the Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr Nicolas Vervelde, the gesture aimed at improving education infrastructure in Nigeria. He added that the company’s investment in education is not mere charity but a pragmatic action designed to create a rich pool of human capital.

    Mr Vervelde, who was represented by the Group Affairs Adviser, Mr Kufre Ekanem said the infrastructural facilities donated would not only provide an environment conducive enough to teaching and learning but would also compete among the best infrastructure in public schools. He urged the school management and students to deploy care and proper management in the use of the facility in order to sustain it for future generation.

    He said the company has, over the years, been active in supporting Nigeria’s development aspirations in line with its vision of ‘Winning with Nigeria’; be it in the market place, product offer, infrastructure development or foot prints. He said the country has a lot of benefits to derive from the initiative because as Nigeria wins, the organisation wins also.

    He further said the gesture was about contributing to infrastructural progress in the country through its innovative platform, adding that the organisation’s relationship with the state is a long journey and they will continue to make contributions to support the development of the state.

    The Executive Secretary, Surulere Local Government, Mrs Bamidele Hussain said the inauguration of the facility serves as a turning point in the efforts of the local government to partner with corporate organisations to ensure the provision of basic social services as well as infrastructural needs of her citizens.

    She noted that public schools have suffered neglect over the years, despite the roll call of achievers that have passed through them. She commended Nigerian Breweries for never shirking away from its corporate social responsibility role to the community.

    Mrs Hussain added that the local government had formally delivered to the school authority one hundred dual desks and chairs for the students and 10 tables and chairs for the teachers.

    She said each student will be entitled to school bag, note books and writing materials, all geared towards facilitating and enhancing teaching and learning processes.

    The council chief added that the local government will continue to support the school as well as other schools in its environment.

    A Director in the State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Segun Osifeko thanked Nigerian Breweries for the gesture and its continual support to the state government in every area of human endeavour.

    Mr Osifeko, who said education is the bedrock of every society, noted that with the gesture by Nigerian Breweries, the state government would be able to confront the challenge in the education sector head on.

     

     

     

     

  • Perm sec: national school feeding programme coming

    Perm sec: national school feeding programme coming

    • Buhari ’ll reduce hunger, says presidency

    To encourage enrolment, the Federal Government is to introduce a home-grown National School Feeding programme, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sonny Echono, has said.

    Echono said the programme would also address poverty, malnutrition and stunted growth.

    Addressing reporters as part of activities commemorating  the 35th World Food Day celebration in Abuja, Echono stressed the need to create business opportunities in the rural areas and stimulate the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

    Emphasising the need to improve the incomes of farmers, he said: “All players in the agricultural sector must re-double efforts by taking advantage provided for massive food production.”

    The permanent secretary said social protection exist when government develop policies and programmes to address economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities to food insecurity and poverty.

    He added that the objective of celebrating World Food Day was to promote effective action to end hunger, malnutrition and poverty.

    Echono noted that in 2012, the Federal Government approved incentives and subsides to address challenges affecting farmers, which necessitated the need for a Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES) and introduction of Dry Season Farming, which significantly increased yield and translated into enhanced income to our farmers.

    The permanent secretary assured Nigerians that current agricultural policies would grow the sector since agriculture is now treated as viable and profitable business enterprises.

    According to him, the focus on agricultural growth and national food security with the private sector taking the lead in a value chain approach in areas where Nigeria has comparatives advantage was a step in the right direction.

    He added that the Federal Government’s focus on youth and women in agriculture and developing strategic partnership to stimulate investments in a market-led agricultural system would unlock Nigerian farmers’ potentials, creates wealth and lift the nation out of poverty.

    The permanent secretary explained that government’s on-going efforts were geared towards ensuring national self-sufficiency in staple foods, resuscitating the cotton and textile sector, minimising post-harvest losses, re-introduction of an effective and efficient extension services delivery system.

    He emphasised the need to develop the fisheries and livestock sector and the importance of linking farmers to markets and promotion of exports through value addition, standardisation and efficient regulatory controls.

    He said government was promoting climate smart agriculture with the use of flood resistant and early maturing seed varieties by adopting and using organic nutrients like fertiliser, provision and use of irrigation facilities and mechanisation.

    Also in Lagos, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, reiterated the determination of the Buhari’s administration to pursue measures to reduce hunger and poverty.

    At a programme on family farming at University of Lagos Staff School, Adesina urged media organisations to support ongoing efforts to reposition agriculture as a major source of income by  reporting  agricultural activities aimed at strengthening livelihoods and lifting incomes.

  • Rep donates internet facilities to school, NTA

    Rep donates internet facilities to school, NTA

    A member of the House of Representatives representing Oyo federal constituency in Oyo State, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, has donated multi-million naira internet facilities to Ojongbodu Grammar School located in Oyo West local government area.

    The solar-powered facilities include 16 computers programmed with software, which contain core subjects as well as information about the constituency,

    In addition, the lawmaker also donated equipments worth N700,000 to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Oyo, to boost its services.

    Similarly, a skills acquisition centre where residents can learn any vocation of their choice for three months free of charge was inaugurated.

    Speaking at the event, Adeniyi disclosed that a database of all unemployed youths in the constituency would soon be embarked upon, adding that a trust fund would soon be created for the upkeep of the most vulnerable children.

    He said: “What we are doing today is a tip of the iceberg; it is a mark of appreciation to my constituents. A great number of children leave their homes due to emotional poverty.”

    Commissioning the projects, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said people are any country’s greatest resource, noted further, “A healthy, educated and energised citizenry raises the country’s chances for sustainable development and prosperity. The work at hand is urgent: to reduce poverty incidence to 16.6 percent by 2015 and meet key Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in basic education and healthcare.”

  • School gets cafeteria

    Pupils of Estate Primary School, Ladipo, will no longer eat in an unconducive environment during lunch break, thanks to graduating students of Poise Finishing Academy, who has given their school a new cafeteria.

    The cafeteria has space to accommodate two food vendors as well as many pupils.

    Before this transformation, one of the vendors set up shop near a soak away while the other stayed under the stairs.  After buying their meals, the pupils hung around to eat.

    However, this is now in the past, thanks to Stream 34 of the Poise Finishing Academy.

    Expressing her gratitude, one of the food sellers, Mrs Aishatu Salisu, said: “We have been managing this place given to us by the school.  We had to mount a shelter for ourselves from our own purse.  Poise has put smiles on our faces. We are indeed thankful; and may God’s blessings continue to rest upon them.”

    Stream 34 Project Coordinator, Akinkunmi  Akingbade told The Nation, that the project was a result of the survey the class carried out on the school’s needs.

    “When we came here at first, we saw the pupils eating under the stair case to dodge the rain because they had no place to stay. The other shop is just right beside the school soak away pit. This prompted us to do something because we believe that a good hygienic environment will also aid the pupils’ learning process,” he said.

    Commending the donors, the Head, Public Private Partnership Unit, Mushin Local Government Education Area, Mr Mustapha Rasaq said it was a welcome gesture for the society to assist the government in running education.

    Deputy Manger, Poise Academy, Mr Henry Ononiwu, lauded the students, who would graduate in November, for accomplishing their project within a short time frame.  He said they underwent training on how to manage pressure, teams, and time, among others while implementing the project.

    “This project teaches them how to give back to the society.  By the time you get a job, when given deadline you will know how to scale through.  In line with managing deadlines, this project was done under pressure and they delivered well. That means if you can withstand this pressure you can withstand it wherever you meet yourself,” he said.